US President Joe Biden and his democratic predecessor Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former president Bill Clinton, offering a robust defence of the White House’s handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event. Mr Biden, who travelled with Mr Obama on Air Force One to New …

Pope Francis, who often pleads for compassion to prisoners, washed the feet of 12 incarcerated women in Rome yesterday in a rite marking Holy Thursday before Easter. The Argentinian Jesuit visited the Rebibbia women’s prison in the northeastern outskirts of the Italian capital, where he performed the same rite in …

An Israeli air strike on Syria’s Aleppo province has killed at least 36 Syrian soldiers this morning, according to a war monitor, which added that Hezbollah weapons’ depots were located in the area. The Israeli attack targeted an area “near rockets’ depots belonging to Lebanese group Hezbollah,” said the UK-based …

Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early this morning killed 38 people, including five members of Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, two security sources said. The Syrian defence ministry said earlier that a number of civilians and military personnel were killed after Israel and militant groups launched attacks …

President Joe Biden and his democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former president Bill Clinton on, offering a robust defence of the White House’s handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event. Mr Biden, who travelled with Mr Obama on Air Force One to New …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview said Ukraine’s proposed peace plan was pointless as it was based on unacceptable notions like Russia’s withdrawal from areas it has captured. Mr Lavrov told the Moscow daily Izvestia that a proposed peace summit would not succeed until its fundamental bases were …

The names of all of those killed during the Troubles will be read aloud at a special service in Dublin for the last time later today. The commemoration, at the Dublin Unitarian Church on St Stephen’s Green, is in its 22nd and final year. At midday, the names of the …

The US government awarded the state of Maryland an initial $60 million (€55.6 million) in emergency funds to clear debris and begin rebuilding the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, an extraordinarily fast disbursement after such a disaster. The bridge came tumbling down early on Tuesday after a massive …

Gardaí have renewed their warning to road users of the increased risk of being involved in a fatal or serious road traffic collision over bank holiday weekends. So far this year, 55 people have lost their lives in incidents on the roads, an increase of 13 on the same time …

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien has told RTÉ’s Prime Time he is confident that a Government bill aimed at curbing short-term letting will be passed before the Oireachtas summer recess, despite concerns expressed by the European Commission saying it is “incompatible” with EU law. In a letter issued to Government …